In 1940’s Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket serves as a direct narrator to the audience, even introducing himself to viewers. We can trace “breaking the fourth wall” as far back as 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, when the Evil Queen (in the form of the Witch) explains to the audience how her poisoned apple works. In the original animated film, the Genie does it all: he reminds Aladdin of certain lines, he pulls out the movie’s script when describing Jafar, and he even says “made you look!” directly to the audience before the credits start rolling. However, the Genie was absolutely not the first character to employ such tactics in Disney animated movies.

RELATED: Aladdin 2019 Has A Sly Cameo From Robin Williams' Genie The concept of “breaking the fourth wall” can be explained as a character acknowledging the audience and the fact that he or she is being watched in a movie.

While many Disney fans celebrate that fact that the Genie consistently “broke the fourth wall” so effortlessly in 1992’s Aladdin, it is actually a common misconception that he was the first character to do so.

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